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  • Many people, they flee not the war itself, but the consequences of the war, because they want to live, they want to have the basic needs for their livelihood, they don't have it. They have to flee these circumstances, not necessarily the security situation itself. So, you have different reasons for the people or the refugees to leave Syria.

    "Syria's al-Assad speaks: Why he blames U.S. for truce's demise, and says war will 'drag on'". Interview, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 22, 2016.
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